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The Boss steers clear of headliner’s spotlight
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Nightwatchman, the folkie-political songwriting alter ego of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello, had a couple of notable guests during his gig Thursday night at Smith’s Olde Bar in Midtown.
Bruce Springsteen, who’s in town recording with producer Brendan O’Brien, was spotted at a side table in the venue with O’Brien, who also produced Morello’s recently released album, “One Man Revolution.”
“We brought them in the back door,” Nolen Reeves Music rep Melanie Blake told Buzz on Friday. “It was all very low-key. He wasn’t a rock star at all. He was just there to hang out and catch Tom’s set. Everyone was hoping he would get onstage but he seemed really content watching Tom do his material.”
Amazingly, Springsteen, sporting a ball cap, went largely unnoticed in the jam-packed club. The Boss was also spotted backstage in a small room having a chat with the evening’s headliner.
As for the obvious, Blake said: “Every one of the Smith’s staff who got to shake his hand was completely thrilled!”
Cybill set to get ‘Curvy’ at Alliance
The Alliance Theatre is set to add some celebrity star power to its stage this fall. In November, the Tony Award-winning theater (and no, it never gets old typing that…) will host the world premiere of Bobby Goldman’s “Curvy Widow” starring Cybill Shepherd. According to info provided to us Friday, “the tour de force one-woman comedy is about love, sex and the adventures of a widow who finds the world of dating to be most interesting when she looks in the least expected places.” Or as we’re referring to it: “Cybill in Cyberspace.”
Opening night is Nov. 25, 7.30. Tickets are available to Alliance subscribers now by calling the Woodruff Arts Center box office at 404-733-5000. Tickets will be available to nonsubscribers this summer. Broadway director Scott Schwartz (“Jane Eyre” and “Golda’s Balcony”) will direct, with set and costumes designed by David Woolard and in association with Raoulfilm, Inc. Tickets will cost $50.
Girls gone wild: Fur Bus version
There’s always that one moment during the annual Fur Bus Media Night each year when we question reality, our judgment and the laws of physics. On Thursday night, that moment arrived when we were flashed twice by two separate female media types at Haven in Brookhaven. This year, the 40-some radio, TV and glossy mag correspondents were also shuttled to hotspots Mix in Brookhaven, Posh in Buckhead, Tap in Midtown and Thrive downtown to sample cocktails and signature menu items. As you may have gathered, some attendees overlooked the foodstuffs in favor of the booze. As usual, Fur Bus co-owners Rick Butgereit and Trey Humphreys played chaperone and tolerated — no, encouraged — outrageous behavior. When quizzed about the aftereffects of last year’s outing (which, incidentally, ended with a normally posh local magazine editor reflecting on her dinner choices in the parking lot) Butgereit told us: “We’re really out to set a new record this year. We’re going for a sweep.” As usual, by the time patrons were safely deposited home via Zingo designated drivers late Thursday, Butgereit had achieved the lofty goal.
Atlanta authors have D.C. date
The Library of Congress announced Friday that Atlanta authors Carmen Agra Deedy, Shelia P. Moses and Sanjay Gupta are among the 70 writers selected to participate in the seventh annual National Book Festival in Washington.
The festival “welcomes all Americans to the National Mall to celebrate reading and meet with some of America’s most-loved authors from across the country,” said first lady Laura Bush, a former librarian who founded the event.
The event will also feature best-selling authors Joyce Carol Oates and David Baldacci, historians David Kennedy and Ken Burns and the Food Network’s Cat Cora.
Festival author coordinator John Cole said he expects the Atlanta authors to be big draws.
“For Carmen, it will be her third appearance,” he said. “She is a wonderful speaker.”
Four authors are selected to speak at a black-tie dinner the night before the festival.
Bush and husband George W. attend.
“Carmen was a speaker at the black-tie dinner before our second festival,” Cole said.
Moses was so popular last year that she was invited back, he said.
“Shelia had such a good time and really wanted to come back,” he said. “She said she would come back on her own if she wasn’t selected, but she didn’t have to worry about that.”
This is Gupta’s first appearance, Cole said.
The free festival will be 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 29 on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Let her come here and co-host for a week. That’ll set her straight.”
— “Evan Almighty” actress Wanda Sykes on Friday, on celebrity inmate Paris Hilton on “The View.”
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Today: “The Young and the Restless” actor Ted Shackelford is 61. “American Idol” judge Randy Jackson is 51. Actress Frances McDormand is 50. Singer KT Tunstall is 32. Singer-songwriter Jason Mraz is 30.
Sunday: Actor Al Molinaro (“Happy Days”) is 88. Actress Michele Lee is 65. Drummer Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac is 65. Bassist Curt Smith of Tears for Fears is 46. Actress Danielle Spencer (“What’s Happening”) is 42. Actress Sherry Stringfield (“ER”) is 40.
Contributing: Bob Dart, David O’Brien and news services.
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